Castile and Léon, Spain
- Body
- Acidity
- Tannin
- Fruitiness
- Oak
Banzao Mencia Vino de Villa
Mencia 95%, Palomino Fino 2.5%, Godello 2.5%
- 750ml
- 12.5%
- 2023
- Red
- Dry
- Style
- Soft & berry-rich
- Red berries
- Pairs with
- Beef
- Goat cheese
- Mature and hard cheese
- Lamb
- Mushrooms
- Pasta & pizza
- Poultry
Your package will arrive at your doorstep within 4 - 16 days
- Banzao - Valle del Ancares will receive and pack your order (1 - 4 days)
- The courier will pick up your order and deliver it straight to your door
About this wine
Food pairings by the winemaker
- Beef
- Goat cheese
- Mature and hard cheese
- Lamb
- Mushrooms
- Pasta & pizza
- Poultry
Vinification, winemaker's own words
- Soils:
- Clay, Gravel, Slate
- Terroir:
- Vines planted in the 40s and 50s of the twentieth century. Controlled area, during 2019: 3 ha divided into 18 plots in 8 different sites. Vineyards located in the Ancares River Valley, an area included in the Biosphere Reserve of Ancares Leoneses. Gobelet or Bush vines. Pruning and crop management focused on vineyard recovery. Average yield of 2,500 kg/ha.
- Harvest:
- Picked by hand
- Fermentation:
- Steel (60%)
Old oak (40%) - Storage:
- Old oak (100%) 7 months
Bottle (100%) 12 months - Winemaker:
- Silvia Marrao Barreiro
Manual harvest in 15 kg boxes. Fermented in barrels and stainless steel tanks; 40% of the grapes with stems and rest softly destemmed without crushing. Native yeast. Aged for 9 months in 500 and 225 litre barrels. Aged for 12 months in the bottle.
Meet the wine maker
Silvia Marrao BarreiroAbout the wine and its character
- Country:
- Spain
- Region/Subregion:
- Castile and Léon/Bierzo
- Classification:
- DO
- Certification:
- -
- Grape:
- Mencia 95%
Palomino Fino 2.5%
Godello 2.5% - Vintage year:
- 2023
- Color:
- cherry
- Aroma:
- -
- Taste:
- -
- Alcohol content:
- 12.5%
- Sugar content:
- 0 g/l
- Acidity:
- 5.25 g/l
- pH-value:
- 3.75
- Sweetness:
- Dry
- Contains sulphite:
- Yes
- Volume:
- 750 ml
- Closure:
- Natural cork
- Bottle:
- Glass
- Best Served:
- 15 - 18 °C
- Ageing potential:
- 1 - 10 years
Meet the winemakers behind Banzao Mencia Vino de Villa
Information provided directly by the winery.
Information
- Founding year
- 2017
- Farming area
- 4,5 ha
- Production
- 15 b/y
San Pedro de olleros is located in the Ancares Leoneses Biosphere Reserve, a place with high biological divesity, although its social capital, its people, constitute the main value of the reserve. This Project would not have been posible witohout town people´s help. Banzao cannot be understood without environmental protection. We try to ensure that all our production is environmentally friendly. We use natural cork and lightweight packaging that is 100% recyclable.
Meet Banzao - Valle del Ancares